Context, provenance and technology of a Western Stemmed Tradition artifact cache from the Cooper's Ferry Site, Idaho

American Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 596-615

  Davis, Loren G ^a   Nyers, Alex J ^a   Willis, Samuel C ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Logan Simpson   (United States)

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EID: 84924187986     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.79.4.596     Document Type: Article

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